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spending

NOUN
disbursement
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NOUN
shopping
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The government spending helped Xinjiang’s economy grow faster than China overall in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Major artificial-intelligence stocks traded down due to worries about how much tech companies are spending.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

“But what’s interesting, though, is parents are spending more per child than they ever have.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

P&G did not immediately respond to questions about inflation’s role in the higher spending and whether the trend had emerged in its other businesses.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

So Mutti would be home late each evening, spending even longer hours now at the zoo, just to be with Marlene, to comfort her.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo


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